I am re-reading a series of children's books by Tove Jansson about the Moomintrolls...
A window back into my childhood...
What are you reading now?
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Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Re: What are you reading now?
Give me the wine , I don't need the bread
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Re: What are you reading now?
WWII Behind Closed Doors : Stalin, The Nazis and The West by Laurence Rees.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
Re: What are you reading now?
Assessing the Threat: The Chinese Military and Taiwan's Security.
I don't read fiction novels.
I don't read fiction novels.
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Re: What are you reading now?
Pluto2 wrote:WWII Behind Closed Doors : Stalin, The Nazis and The West by Laurence Rees.
The TV series is excellent as well.God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organized religion. - Superintendent Chalmers
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
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Its a really good read but now I feel depressed.klr wrote:Pluto2 wrote:WWII Behind Closed Doors : Stalin, The Nazis and The West by Laurence Rees.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
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Re: What are you reading now?
Welcome to history ... the more interesting, the higher the body count.Pluto2 wrote:Its a really good read but now I feel depressed.klr wrote:Pluto2 wrote:WWII Behind Closed Doors : Stalin, The Nazis and The West by Laurence Rees.
God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organized religion. - Superintendent Chalmers
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
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Ive been reading history books since I was old enough to sneak into the adult section of the library but it still bums me out.klr wrote:Welcome to history ... the more interesting, the higher the body count.Pluto2 wrote:Its a really good read but now I feel depressed.klr wrote:Pluto2 wrote:WWII Behind Closed Doors : Stalin, The Nazis and The West by Laurence Rees.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life
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Re: What are you reading now?
I'm reading a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. I had no idea he wrote anything besides kid's books. Either way, as famous as he is, I've never read anything at all by him. So far I'm really enjoying this book. He's got a great sense of humor, and there's always an unexpected twist at the end of each story. What's interesting is that the stories conclude well enough, but there's a lot left unsaid or unexplained. In one story, for instance, the main character finds out he's been cheated, tricked into giving up his daughter's hand in marriage from a bet he thought was a sure thing. He gets very very angry, we gather from his wife's admonishments to watch his temper...but that's it. That's the end. We don't know if he killed the guy who tried to cheat him or what. I suppose Dahl felt it was either irrelevant, or better left to the reader's imagination 
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They filmed a lot of them in a TV show - Tales of the Unexpected. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_t ... TV_series)tattuchu wrote:I'm reading a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. I had no idea he wrote anything besides kid's books. Either way, as famous as he is, I've never read anything at all by him. So far I'm really enjoying this book. He's got a great sense of humor, and there's always an unexpected twist at the end of each story. What's interesting is that the stories conclude well enough, but there's a lot left unsaid or unexplained. In one story, for instance, the main character finds out he's been cheated, tricked into giving up his daughter's hand in marriage from a bet he thought was a sure thing. He gets very very angry, we gather from his wife's admonishments to watch his temper...but that's it. That's the end. We don't know if he killed the guy who tried to cheat him or what. I suppose Dahl felt it was either irrelevant, or better left to the reader's imagination
Well worth getting hold of if you are into that kind of thing - especially the early seasons.
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Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
Twoflower
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The one about *** CENSORED *** was particularly good.Xamonas Chegwé wrote:They filmed a lot of them in a TV show - Tales of the Unexpected. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_t ... TV_series)tattuchu wrote:I'm reading a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. I had no idea he wrote anything besides kid's books. Either way, as famous as he is, I've never read anything at all by him. So far I'm really enjoying this book. He's got a great sense of humor, and there's always an unexpected twist at the end of each story. What's interesting is that the stories conclude well enough, but there's a lot left unsaid or unexplained. In one story, for instance, the main character finds out he's been cheated, tricked into giving up his daughter's hand in marriage from a bet he thought was a sure thing. He gets very very angry, we gather from his wife's admonishments to watch his temper...but that's it. That's the end. We don't know if he killed the guy who tried to cheat him or what. I suppose Dahl felt it was either irrelevant, or better left to the reader's imagination
Well worth getting hold of if you are into that kind of thing - especially the early seasons.
I could actually tell you who the episode in question was about, but then the surprise would be gone, wouldn't it?
God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organized religion. - Superintendent Chalmers
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
It's not up to us to choose which laws we want to obey. If it were, I'd kill everyone who looked at me cock-eyed! - Rex Banner
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. - Gary Larson
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I've been reading a series of books by Naomi Novik called the Temeraire series. It's all about dragons during the Napoleonic wars..........sounds weird but they are really good.
http://www.temeraire.org/index.cgi
http://www.temeraire.org/index.cgi
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Well I'm sure if you were as tall as Napoleon you'd think there were dragons everywhere too.
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I've read them too - I agree, weird but good is a fair description.Taryn wrote:I've been reading a series of books by Naomi Novik called the Temeraire series. It's all about dragons during the Napoleonic wars..........sounds weird but they are really good.
http://www.temeraire.org/index.cgi
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